Buffalo Common Council eyes funding to keep Market Arcade open
News that the Market Arcade Film and Arts Centre might have to shut its doors because of soon-to-be obsolescent projection equipment has prompted city lawmakers to examine whether they can come up...
View ArticleHunter comes to aid of injured, abandoned puppy
A deer hunter put aside his shotgun late this morning to rescue an abandoned and injured puppy, according to Evans Police Chief Ernie Masullo.The hunter informed police that while he was in a wooded...
View ArticleInjured driver's friends have beef with restaurant
A sign outside a West Seneca restaurant damaged in an accident earlier this week has angered the family and friends of the elderly woman who was driving the vehicle that hit it.“Closed due to careless...
View ArticleTown of Tonawanda police warn of Craigslist armed robberies
Town of Tonawanda police today urged the public to use caution when buying and selling items on Craigslist after three victims reported being robbed last week of their items at arranged meetings.The...
View ArticleChoking incident in Silver Creek
MAYVILLE – A 32-year-old Silver Creek man was remanded to the Chautauqua County Jail after he was arrested for allegedly brutalizing a woman during an argument at a Monroe Street home in the Village...
View ArticleTwo drivers injured in Town of Ellery head-on crash
MAYVILLE – An 18-year-old Bemus Point man and a 23-year-old Stockton man were taken to Westfield Memorial Hospital for treatment of injuries suffered in a head-on crash on Bayview Road in the Town of...
View ArticleSanborn man arrested for March store robbery through DNA tests
A 28-year-old Sanborn man was arrested today on felony robbery charges for a robbery last March 7 at the Valero Sanborn Family Mart in Sanborn, according to Niagara County Sheriff James R. Voutour.The...
View Article$25 million townhome complex planned for Lancaster
A Rochester-based residential apartment investor, builder and operator is investing more than $25 million to build a new townhome complex in Lancaster, greatly expanding its Buffalo-area...
View ArticleReform-talking governor headed to next big-money fundraiser
ALBANY – Fresh off a major fundraiser in Manhattan where Billy Joel sang him a birthday song, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo heads to Washington on Monday to raise hundreds of thousands more dollars – this time...
View ArticleCattaraugus County plans to transfer road to Portville
LITTLE VALLEY – After a year of talks and working on legalities, County Road 79, locally known as Wolf Run Road, is expected to become property of the Town of Portville after years under county...
View ArticleChanges to roads program to yield better results
LITTLE VALLEY – With just over $1 million proposed to go into a budget account, Cattaraugus County public works crews may be able to cover more area under a milling and paving plan.Under previous...
View ArticleNo more Mom’s and apple pie, as Falls restaurant loses its lease
NIAGARA FALLS – A Niagara Falls restaurant is being thrown out by its landlord and may shut its doors for good.Mom’s Family Restaurant in the Mil-Pine Plaza has been told by Benchmark Development of...
View ArticleBuffalo leaders mark Hanukkah at White House
WASHINGTON – President Obama hosted a reception marking the end of Hanukkah on Thursday, and top leaders from Buffalo’s Jewish community were there to witness it.Michael D. Wise, executive...
View ArticleFederal prosecutors assailed in outcry on severe sentencing
Federal prosecutors in Baltimore offered Roy Lee Clay a stark choice.He could plead guilty to trafficking 1 kilogram of heroin, and they would recommend a prison sentence of 10 years. Or, if he asked...
View ArticleCharity Ball expands, but tickets still hard to get
Anna Pyne and her seventh-grade friends for weeks have been talking about, thinking about and texting about tonight’s sold-out Maria M. Love Charity Ball. The Buffalo brew of social-media-fueled...
View ArticleForestville eyes joining with Silver Creek for some sports
FORESTVILLE – Forestville school officials will talk with their counterparts in the Silver Creek Central Schools about sharing the spring baseball and track programs, school officials said Thursday.A...
View ArticleCongress nears modest accord on the budget
WASHINGTON – House and Senate negotiators Thursday closed in on a budget deal that, while modest in scope, could break the cycle of fiscal crises and brinkmanship that has hampered the economic...
View ArticleCassadaga job academy at capacity, wins awards
CASSADAGA – The Cassadaga Job Corps Academy’s enrollment is at 100 percent of capacity, and the center also claimed three awards this year at a national conference of job corps centers, officials said...
View ArticleTwo Lockport students held in assault on district personnel
LOCKPORT – Two Lockport High School students were jailed Wednesday on felony assault charges stemming from attacks on the school’s athletic director and a monitor during a basketball scrimmage Tuesday...
View ArticleSnowy owls arrive early in Buffalo Niagara region
The snowy owl must know Buffalo Niagara is the wisest place to be this winter.An early invasion of the large, northern bird that spends its summers chasing the frigid air north of the Arctic Circle...
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